Signal device



'Feb. 8.11927# w.w.'w|NGo SIGNAL DEvI cE Filed March 29, 1926 ,Jj 37- 40 i ATTORNEY.

'0 appended claim.

Patented Feb! s; 19257.

UNITED STATES rf oFF-rca.

vWILLIAM W. WINGo, or WIIBUnroN, oxLAHoMA, 'AssIGNon or rI-r'i'rY-om: Pun cnNfrro n. L. TERRY, or summum ARKANSAS.

SIGNAL DEVICE.

Application led March 29, 1926. Serial No. 98,353.

other vehicle the presence of the vehicle upon which the si nal is mounted. Another o ject of the4 invention' is. the

provision, `in'a manner as hereinafter v'set 15 forth, of a signal device designed for use in connection with land vehicles, which makes use of a. disc record, upon which an impression has been made, and from which im ression :a needle or stylus transmits to a diaphragm movements which cause the dia.

phragm to project from a horn notes indicating the position or the contemplated movement of the vehicle. v

' A still further object of the invention-is the rovision, in a manner as hereinafter set fort ofla vehicle signal of the type above set forth-and having means operable by the operator of the vehiclewhereby the stylus may be lifted from the recorder replaced Y thereon as desired without stoppingy the operation ofthe mechanism of the slgnal.

A further and final objectof this invention is the provision, in a manner as herein-A after set forth, of `a motor Aoperated vehicle 36 signal of the'character set forth, of simple,

light and durable constructiomeasily manipulated, efficient, dependable, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

' The invention will be best understood from '40 a consideration of the following detailed de- 'scription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part o f this specifica-tion, with the understanding that the invention ,is not conned to any strict conformity with the' showing of the drawl ings, but maybe changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from thesali'ent features .of the invention as expressed in-the In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through the housing encasing the mechanism of this device showing -the. mechanism therein in side elevation. Y

4the flange 4`of the motor `the plate 5 a .Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken upon the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring nowito'the drawings in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout, there is indicated -by the numeral 1, the mechanism housing or casing having a removable side 2 for access to the mechanism contained therein, and having the bottom open as shown. Secured to the underside of the vcasing is amotor housing 3 havin a flange 4 formed about the top thereof, which fia-nge is' secured to the underside of the casing 1. Within the housing there is placed a ear supporting frame constitutin to and ottom plates 5 and 6, respective y, tese platesbeing spaced apart b means of the tubular posts .7, through wliic posts and lates there extends a bolt 8, the lower en of which. bolt projects 'through the hanged portion 9j of the bottom of the casingl and through ousing .to receive the retainingnu-ts 10, which nuts act, besides holding the' plates 5 and 6in posi-, tion, to secure the motor housing to 'the underside-of the casin 1 and lso'to secure-Y 1 1y position `the gear rame in the casngl.

Supported in any suitable mannerwithin f the housing 3 is an electric motorl 11 fed by electric wires 12, whichv extend to a' switch mechanism of any desirable -form (not shown), located at a convenient point for the driver of the vehicle. The-shaft 13 of the' motor is positioned" vertically and extends upwardly through the bottom plate 6 of the gear frame and carries upon its upper end a pinion 14. This pinion meshes with. a gear 15 carried upon a vertical shaft 16 secured between the plates 5 .and 6,'l as shown, and this shaft also'carries thereon'a pinion 17',- which in turn, meshes with av` large gear 18, carriedupom the vertical shaft 19, also secured between the plates 5 and 6 as shown,

and vthis shaft extends through the ,u 'per plate 5 and carries upon its upper end a ove revoluble; platform or' turintable 20. l" l Positioned upon the platform 20 is a disc record 21, having-a single groove-22 therein,z

this groove beingformed by the vibration of -'the'ixnpression needle actuated by the voice orsound which is to be'reproduced by this mechanism, as the desired warning'l This plate 21 has a .central aperture Qt ele-f through through which the upper end of the '1,10

23 which bears against the" disc 21 and acts vertical vshaft 19 extends, and upon vth'e upper 'end of this shaft there is threaded a nut to retain the ,-sametrmly'in position `upon thevfplatform 20.

Extending through -one side -Wall ofy the housing 1 is-the contracted rear portion 24 of a horn 25. The contracted portion 24 upon the inside of the housing carries a co1- lar 26 which bears Vagainst the inner face of the Wall and is secured'thereto to retain the horn in the proper position. Over the inner end of the reduced portion 24 there is slipped one end of the rubber tube or nipple 27, the other` end of which engages over the tubular portion 28 of a diaphragm casing 29. This casing is similar to the usual phono' rapll diaphragm reproducing mechanism an 4carries a `diaphragm 30 at one side to which is the free end of the long arm 37 is a. link 38 having yits' lower end 'formed to l rovide a saddle member 40 which is secure tube 28 of the reproducer member.

over the Gonnect'edfto 4.the free end of the vertical arm 36 is a cord or wire 39 which extends to av positionaccessible to the operator of the vehicle, and when the operator desires to re- `move the stylus 32 from the record 21, With-vl out switching ofi' the motor 11, the same can be accomplished by pulling the wire 39 which will lift the reproducer member from fthe record. lThe flexible tubing 27 is provided'to allow for this movement.

From'the foregoing'description it Willbe' readily seen that a s1mple,'elicient andde'- pendable motor vehcle'sgnal hasbeen p ro'- duced-by means of which a'voice can bemade to call out to pedestrians'or to other vehicles yto warn the same or to lndicatea contenir-plated change in direction of nxovel'nent. .4

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Having .thus described my invention what I claim 1s:

In a signal,v devlce of the character def scribed, a turntable, means tor rotating the table, a' reproducer adapted for engagement with a sound producing disc when upon the table, a stationary horn at. one side of the table, av tubular exible union between the 's reproducer and horn, a lifting device above the reproducer and connected Withthe'latter -to elevate it from the disc, and means shiftable from a point remote from the lifter to actuate the same.

f In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature` hereto.

WILLIAM W. WINGO. 

